Kingdom Plantae Flashcards

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1
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Natural Classification System for flowering plants was given by

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George Bentham & Joseph Dalton Hooker

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2
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Organism belonging to same taxa have a common

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ancestor

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3
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Taxonomy carried out using computer based on all observable characteristics

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Numerical Taxonomy

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4
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Benefits of Numerical Taxonomy

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each character is given equal importance

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5
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Taxonomy based on cytological information like chromosome number structure behaviour

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Cytotaxonomy

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6
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Taxonomy that uses the chemical constituents of the plant to resolve confusions

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Chemotaxonomy

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7
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chlorophyll bearing, simple, thalloid, autotrophic and largely aquatic organisms

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Algae

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8
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association bw algae and animal

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sloth bear

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9
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Volvox is a

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Colonial algae

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10
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Ulothrix is a

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filamentous algae

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11
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Spirogyra is a

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Filamentous algae

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12
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flagellated isogametes

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Ulothrix

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13
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non flagellated isogametes

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Spirogyra

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14
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Fusion between one large, non motile female gamete and a smaller motile male gamete is termed

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oogamous

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15
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Examples of oogamous

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Volvox, fucus

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16
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half of the total Carbon dioxide fixation on earth is carried out by which organism through photosynthesis

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Algae

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17
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Which organism are of paramount importance as primary producer of energy rich compounds which form the basis of food cycles of all Aquatic animals

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Algae

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18
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marine algae used as food

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Porphyra
Laminaria
Sargassum

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19
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marine brown and red algae produce large amounts of

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hydrocolloids
eg:- algin(brown algae), carragreen(red algae)

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20
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Gelidium and Gracilaria gives

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Agar

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21
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Agar is used

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to grow microbes
Preparation of ice cream and jellies

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22
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Chlorella

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  1. unicellular alga
  2. Rich in proteins
  3. used as food supplements even by space travellers
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23
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Chlorophyceae

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green algae

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24
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Chlorophyceae are green because of

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chlorophyll a
chlorophyll b

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25
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storage bodies in chlorophyceae located in chloroplast

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pyrenoids

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26
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Pyrenoids contain

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  1. Starch
  2. Proteins
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27
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Chlorophyceae have
1. Inner cell wall made of
2. Outer cell wall made of

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  1. Cellulose
  2. Pectose
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28
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Asexual reproduction in chlorophyceae

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by flagellated zoospores produced in zoosporangia

29
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Chlamydomonas is an example of

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Chlorophyceae

30
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Volvox is an example of

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Chlorophyceae

31
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Ulothrix is an example of

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Chlorophyceae

32
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Spirogyra is an example of

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Chlorophyceae

33
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Chara is an example of

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Chlorophyceae

34
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Phaeophyceae are found in

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Marine habitat

35
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Brown algae

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Phaeophyceae

36
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Filamentous phaeophyceae

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Ectocarpus

37
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profusely branched phaeophyceae

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Kelps

38
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Kelps max height is

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100 m

39
Q

pigments in phaeophyceae

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chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll c
Carotenoids
Xanthophylls

40
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Which pigment decides color in phaeophyceae

A

Fucoxanthin

41
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Food in phaeophyceae is stored in the form of

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laminarin and mannitol

42
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Phaeophyceae cell walls are covered by covered by a gelatinous coating

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algin

43
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Protoplast of phaeophyceae have

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Plastid, vacuole, nucleus

44
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Phaeophyceae plant body is attached to susbtratum by

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Holdfast

45
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Phaeophyceae have a stalk called

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Stipe

46
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Phaeophyceae have leaf like photosynthetic organ

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Frond

47
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Vegetative reproduction in phaeophyceae takes place by

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Fragmentation

48
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Asexual reproduction in phaeophyceae takes place by

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Biflagellate zoospores

49
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Structure of biflagellate zoospores

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Pear shaped
Have two unequal laterally attached flagella

50
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Union of gametes in phaeophyceae takes place in

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Water or oogonium

51
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Gametes in phaeophyceae are

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Pyriform(pear shaped)

52
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Gametes in phaeophyceae bear two laterally attached

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Flagella

53
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Dictyota is an example of

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Phaeophyceae

54
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Laminaria is an example of

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Phaeophyceae

55
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Sargassum is an example of

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Phaeophyceae

56
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Fucus is an example of

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Phaeophyceae

57
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Red algae

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Rhodophyceae

58
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Red algae are red due to

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red pigment r-phycoerythrin

59
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Red algae are

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marine

60
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Red algae are found in

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Warmer area

61
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They can survive in

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Great depth of oceans

62
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Thalli of most rhodophyceae is

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Multicellular

63
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Food in rhodophyceae is stored as

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Floridean starch

64
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Floridean starch has

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amylopectin/glycogen type structure

65
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Vegetative
Asexual
Sexual reproduction in red algae

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by fragmentation
by non motile spores
by non motile gametes

66
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Polysiphonia is an example of

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Rhodophyceae

67
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Porphyra is an example of

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Rhodophyceae

68
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Gracilaria is an example of

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Rhodophyceae

69
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Gelidium is an example of

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Bryophyte